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I. Judah Koolyk
I. Judah Koolyk

New York Times, Saturday, September 4, 1982

38-Across : Double curve

Author:
I. Judah Koolyk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 5, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
I. Judah Koolyk has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,988
Across
1
Celtic singer : BARD
5
Father of Paris : PRIAM
10
Aquatic bird : TERN
14
Baseball brother : ALOU
15
Name in a Blackmore title : LORNA
16
Gallic girlfriend : AMIE
17
Tchaikovsky opus : NUTCRACKERSUITE
20
Sparrows : DICKEYS
21
Notated : JOTTED
22
Sports org. : PGA
23
Kind of food : SOUL
24
___ of Nessus (fatal gift) : SHIRT
26
Covered carriage : CARRYALL
30
British biscuit : SCONE
31
Composer Bartók : BELA
32
Baseball's "Penguin" : CEY
33
"Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1" : WHISTLERSMOTHER
37
Cries of disappointment : AWS
38
Double curve : OGEE
39
___ Rivoli : RUEDE
40
Tramps' bundles, in Australia : MATILDAS
43
Aristophanes play, with "The" : BIRDS
44
Worms event of 1521 : DIET
45
Arc the ball : LOB
46
Courtyards : PATIOS
49
Marconi's birthplace : BOLOGNA
53
Canadian 10 : TORONTOBLUEJAYS
56
Future M.D.'s course : ANAT
57
Former Panamanian president : ARIAS
58
"___ Diary": Twain : EVES
59
Cries of surprise : HEYS
60
Knave : ROGUE
61
Kind of case or pilot : TEST
Down
1
Sgt. Pepper's group : BAND
2
His, to Henri : ALUI
3
Mil. training program : ROTC
4
Bowling game : DUCKPINS
5
Pretend interest in : PLAYAT
6
Army missiles : ROCS
7
Chafe : IRK
8
Hydrocarbon's suffix : ANE
9
Aromatic mint : MARJORAM
10
Without slack : TAUTLY
11
Discharge : EMIT
12
Liturgy : RITE
13
Destitution : NEED
18
Penitent's feeling : REGRET
19
Unpleasant : SOUR
23
Mud volcano : SALSE
24
Phonetician's symbol : SCHWA
25
Raise a flag : HOIST
26
Goddess of agriculture : CERES
27
Yearned : ACHED
28
Yorkshire city : LEEDS
29
Hugo's "Toute la ___" : LYRE
30
Crawled, in a way : SWAM
31
Procreated : BEGAT
34
Polaris : LODESTAR
35
Hangnest : ORIOLE
36
Fast flier : TURBOJET
41
"___ Delight," Sherwood play : IDIOTS
42
Emblem of Great Britain : LION
43
Part of an ensemble : BLOUSE
46
Ancient Egyptian deity : PTAH
47
Excellent : AONE
48
Waiter's tote : TRAY
49
Blue, in Bremen : BLAU
50
Was generous : GAVE
51
Humorist Bill and comic Louis : NYES
52
Kind of prof. : ASST
54
Rio de ___ : ORO
55
___ Bird, of Sesame Street : BIG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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